Tyler Robinson preliminary hearing Day 1
by Jolyon: Tyler Robinson
The first day of Tyler Robinson's preliminary hearing included a noteworthy detail. Officer Christopher Bagley, the former Utah Valley University police officer who discovered the so-called "sniper's pad" on the Losee Center roof, testified that his body camera battery died just 1 hour and 44 minutes into an 11 AM shift. Modern bodycams are built for
Transcript (en)
While you were on the roof, did you encounter any spent casings? As a matter of fact, no. That's why when I saw the prone position where the person would be laying down as a sniper, being around guns and snipers all the time, I was looking for a spent shell casing. I couldn't see one. I was looking over the edge, looking all over the place, making sure the gravel wasn't disturbed, and I couldn't find a shell casing at that moment. And that would be the reason you would be looking for that was because some types of guns, when they shoot, eject a casing automatically, right? Yes. Some do. Some don't. Yes. All right. And then you also didn't find any unshot bullets? No. Okay. Are you aware of there being a bullet found on another roof? I'm not aware. In the vicinity? Were you aware of another bullet being found on the scene, not on the roof of the Losey building? No. All right, your body cam footage that I reviewed appears to end while you're still on the roof. Do you know why that is? I think the battery went dead. It was just right at that moment. Okay. And do you know, did you ever turn it back on that day or go get it, I don't know, do you have to do charge it or stick a new battery in it? I don't even know. Usually dock it, but no, I didn't go back. It was too chaotic running around. So that 27-minute and 35-second body cam that starts when you're at the Hall of Flags and ends while you're still on the roof but haven't put the crime tape up yet, that's the only body cam you have that day? Yes. All right.
